Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty SZA struggled to get up the stairs at the 2025 American Music Awards on May 26 thanks to her skintight Ellie Misner set The singer almost had a wardrobe mishap after jumping to get up the stairs, but avoided it thanks to the sparkly pasties she accessorized with SZA took home two awards at the AMAs: Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song for her track "Saturn" SZAstruggled to take the stage atthe 2025 American Music Awards— and almost had a wardrobe mishap because of it! At the May 26 awards show, the "Snooze" hitmaker, 35, wore easily one of the best looks of the night: a sexy, lace-up corset top and skintight matching skirt. Mobility-wise, however, she floundered a bit in the set — which wasEllie Misnercouture — particularly while walking up to accept the AMA for Favorite Female R&B Artist. While taking the stage to accept the fan-voted award — she beat out Kehlani, Muni Long, Summer Walker and Tyla in the category — SZA appeared to realize in real time that thanks to her ultra-tight mermaid skirt, she could not trek the stairs at Fontainebleau Las Vegas by herself. Instead, two people helped her up to the stage, flanking her on either side. The "Broken Clocks" singer grabbed onto the helpers' arms and, after slowly walking up two stairs, tried a different approach: jumping. CBS The star hopped to reach the next step, seemingly in an attempt to expedite her journey to the stage, but almost had a wardrobe malfunction instead. Thankfully, however, she teamed a pair of sparkly pasties with her black, lace-up top, so nothing but more rhinestones were revealed. She then took a moment to laugh off the almost-mishap, and dropped one of the helpers' hands to readjust her top before climbing the rest of the stairs. And once she reached the stage, she appeared almost entirely unfazed, proceeding to thank her parents and fans, ask her mom if she has lipstick in her teeth and shout-out one of the award presenters, streamerKai Cenat. The "Kill Bill" songstress also laughed at the moment on social media after the awards show, where she also snagged the AMA for Favorite R&B Song for her track "Saturn." She reposted avideoof herself struggling — and her top almost slipping — on Instagram Stories and, alongside it, wrote, "Lmaooo a slippery slope." Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. SZA's sleek AMAs look, styled byDunsin Wright, consisted of the perfectly tailored Ellie Misner set and her instantly iconic glitter pasties, which she later revealed on Instagram were from an adult entertainment club in Houston called Area 29. "Fun fact I got these rhinestone pasties from a lovely exotic dancer at a random strip club in Houston," the star wrote alongside a photo of her awards show ensemble. She also added a shoutout to the dancer, who she said was "kind enough to give me 3 fresh packs." As for her sexy set, she rocked the U.K. fashion label's made-to-orderpleated lamp skirtandhoop corset, which retail for £1,125 and £725 (about $1,520 and $980) respectively. Read the original article onPeople
